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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Fan Arts Analysis

Okay, I'm taking a break from making more fan arts to explain the works I just did

One
of my favorite thing about art is to know the story behind it; how the
work is made and the artist's intention behind each piece. I think the
audience appreciate the work more if they understand the background,
similar to us appreciating Faith a lot more now because we have read the
writer's Q&A's and bits and pieces from the novel.

Now, my artistic creativity is that an elementary school kid, but I like to tell stories sometimes

I
thought that was a cool frame. I love anything that has beautiful
landscape, so that horse ridding scene was pretty to look at for me. The quote is from Che Guevara's the Motorcycle Diaries, Che
and his best buddy Alberto went on a 9 month journey through Latin
America. It was a coming of age journey that changed Che's perspective
on social justice and politics. Whether we agree with his politics and
actions, that is not related to the work here. That quote is about the
two Ches - the young affluent Argentine medical student and the daring
adventurer who witnesses the sights and sounds of his native land and
the social plagues that have eroded this beautiful earth -- this journey
brought the two selves together. The book is a good read if you're
interested in the mindset and the myth of Che Guevara.

Anyway,
I just thought the quote fits that scene very well. Overall, it
encapsulates Choi Young and Eun-soo's journey. The story is not about
something heroic or otherwise; it's simply about a fated encounter that
brings these two vastly different individuals together. And for the time
spent in this place, they come to reconcile their differences and learn
to live as one. As for the artistic effects used, I wanted to emphasize
the outlines of trees and shrubs so that the eyes will focus on the
entirety of the picture, not just on the two figures.

I
was going to call this one "Forbidden Love," but I thought title was
too cheesy. So I went with "a distance between us." Without knowing
where we are in the story, I hope this picture and caption give you some
clues on what's happening between these two. You'll see the compactness
in this frame. They are so close together, but there is a little space
between them that really maximizes the angst in this scene. And the way
she looks slightly to his right shoulder while he's staring directly
into her eyes. Oooff, the tension; I can feel it. I still want to
maintain the photographic nature of this piece in order to capture
details of their facial expressions. For everything else, I decided to
go with pencil coloring to create a hazy effect added to that distance -
to say to the audience, we can't view it clearly from afar. Their
private, tender and confusing moment can only be felt by these two. Also
the phrase is a creative play on the time-travel theme.

I like the term @yuuni
wrote "immortalized"; this word captures the essence of that picture
for me. I choose this picture because of the way it is shot, from behind
a tree while these two converse out in the open. There is a sense of
transparency in that scene. I use a transparent effect on that photo and
and white out the background to make Young and Gongmin stand out a bit
more in that picture. The aged photo frame is to say this photograph was
taken a long time ago in history. Oh, I added "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee" because it's a patriotic song and I thought it aptly applies to
the real general Choi Young.

The
title is from one of the osts. He teaches her how to ride, and so I
thought the title goes really well with this scene; the way he looks at
her displaying his concern, while she is so focused on the task at
hands. And since it's a landscape photo, I used thin and visible
brushstroke effects to mimic an impressionist painting (my computer did
all the work, I didn't paint this just to be clear ) Just wanted to capture natural movements and perceptions of the two figures and the green background.

This one is similar to #5 in terms of artistic reasons behind it. It is picturesque frame and @myphim suggested using similar effects to the other piece. The title is about Eun-soo and her first time surveying this land.

Since
the proposal is so simple, frank and understated, I wanted lush and
vibrant colors, without being too distracting, to add contrast to his
declaration. Then I added a clip at the edge to give a post card feel,
as if you can just clip this to your bulletin board - a congratulatory
picture to be announced and celebrated by all.

I
didn't add any text in this picture because I wanted to maintain a
dream state quality in the work. The focus should be solely on the
outline of her figure. Everything else is blurred like sketches of human
memory. We only remember the things we love; everything else is vapid.
Though there is a sadness in knowing that even our most precious memory does not last forever; when nature decides to take it away, that memory fades. And
yeah, I wanted to play with different features, so you see visible
traces of her figure, but it's still a bit opaque. This was one of the
more experimental pieces.

The
original photograph was striking. The glaring spot in the middle is
where the blade meets the sun. The sun is the king and the sword is his
warrior. When the two meet, it creates a blinding effect, overpowers our
senses. This is purely an experimental work because I wanted to try
line drawing and see how it looks. I'll leave the dissection of this
piece to you guys. View it in whichever way that suits you

I was going to call this "a picture-book ending," but I thought it was too obvious
The term implies to both, Young and Eunsoo, both are present and happy
to be together at last. I like watercolor painting and thought it works
well in this scene because everything is clear. The few vibrant colors
are applied to their token of love - yellow mums